English League Championship

West Bromwich Albion vs Watford, 2023-24 English League Championship, Regular Season

· English League Championship
West Bromwich Albion
  • 70': Brandon Thomas-Asante
  • 90'+1': Darnell Furlong
FT
2 - 2
Watford
  • 51': Edo Kayembe
  • 66': Mileta Rajovic

About

West Bromwich Albion are hosting Watford at The Hawthorns, West Bromwich, England, starting on . The match is a part of the English League Championship.

Match Commentary

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 2': Corner, West Bromwich Albion. Conceded by Ryan Andrews.
  • 5': Brandon Thomas-Asante (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 5': Foul by Francisco Sierralta (Watford).
  • 5': Attempt blocked. Tom Fellows (West Bromwich Albion) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by John Swift.
  • 6': Darnell Furlong (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 6': Foul by Emmanuel Dennis (Watford).
  • 8': Attempt saved. Brandon Thomas-Asante (West Bromwich Albion) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
  • 8': Attempt blocked. Mikey Johnston (West Bromwich Albion) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by John Swift.
  • 8': Corner, West Bromwich Albion. Conceded by Ryan Porteous.
  • 8': Attempt missed. Kyle Bartley (West Bromwich Albion) header from very close range is too high. Assisted by Mikey Johnston with a cross following a corner.
  • 9': Attempt saved. Edo Kayembe (Watford) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ryan Andrews.
  • 10': Attempt blocked. Kyle Bartley (West Bromwich Albion) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Darnell Furlong.
  • 10': Attempt saved. Brandon Thomas-Asante (West Bromwich Albion) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Darnell Furlong with a cross.
  • 10': Corner, West Bromwich Albion. Conceded by Daniel Bachmann.
  • 11': Offside, Watford. Vakoun Bayo is caught offside.
  • 14': Foul by Wesley Hoedt (Watford).
  • 14': Tom Fellows (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 16': Attempt missed. Brandon Thomas-Asante (West Bromwich Albion) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Conor Townsend with a cross.
  • 20': Attempt blocked. Vakoun Bayo (Watford) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Tom Dele-Bashiru.
  • 20': Corner, Watford. Conceded by Alex Mowatt.
  • 22': Corner, West Bromwich Albion. Conceded by Ryan Porteous.
  • 22': Corner, West Bromwich Albion. Conceded by Wesley Hoedt.
  • 23': Foul by Tom Fellows (West Bromwich Albion).
  • 23': Ismaël Koné (Watford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 25': Foul by Darnell Furlong (West Bromwich Albion).
  • 25': Ismaël Koné (Watford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 29': Delay in match because of an injury Vakoun Bayo (Watford).
  • 30': Emmanuel Dennis (Watford) is shown the yellow card.
  • 31': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 32': Offside, Watford. Emmanuel Dennis is caught offside.
  • 33': Brandon Thomas-Asante (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 33': Foul by Edo Kayembe (Watford).
  • 36': Brandon Thomas-Asante (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 36': Foul by Francisco Sierralta (Watford).
  • 41': Alex Mowatt (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 41': Foul by Edo Kayembe (Watford).
  • 43': Brandon Thomas-Asante (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 43': Foul by Francisco Sierralta (Watford).
  • 45': Conor Townsend (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 45': Foul by Ryan Porteous (Watford).
  • 45': Daniel Bachmann (Watford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 45': Foul by Okay Yokuslu (West Bromwich Albion).
  • 45'+1': Brandon Thomas-Asante (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 45'+1': Foul by Edo Kayembe (Watford).
  • 45'+1': Attempt missed. Brandon Thomas-Asante (West Bromwich Albion) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Tom Fellows with a cross.
  • 45'+1': First Half ends, West Bromwich Albion 0, Watford 0.
  • 45': Second Half begins West Bromwich Albion 0, Watford 0.
  • 46': Brandon Thomas-Asante (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 46': Foul by Ryan Porteous (Watford).
  • 51': Attempt blocked. Vakoun Bayo (Watford) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ismaël Koné.
  • 51': Corner, Watford. Conceded by Darnell Furlong.
  • 51': Goal! West Bromwich Albion 0, Watford 1. Edo Kayembe (Watford) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner following a corner.
  • 55': Substitution, Watford. Yáser Asprilla replaces Ismaël Koné.
  • 56': Substitution, Watford. Mileta Rajovic replaces Vakoun Bayo.
  • 59': Delay in match because of an injury Ryan Andrews (Watford).
  • 59': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 63': Attempt saved. Tom Dele-Bashiru (Watford) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Jamal Lewis.
  • 64': Emmanuel Dennis (Watford) hits the left post with a right footed shot from a difficult angle on the left.
  • 64': Foul by Jamal Lewis (Watford).
  • 64': Tom Fellows (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 66': Goal! West Bromwich Albion 0, Watford 2. Mileta Rajovic (Watford) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jamal Lewis.
  • 67': Substitution, West Bromwich Albion. Adam Reach replaces Alex Mowatt.
  • 67': Substitution, West Bromwich Albion. Grady Diangana replaces John Swift.
  • 67': Substitution, West Bromwich Albion. Yann M'Vila replaces Okay Yokuslu.
  • 69': Attempt blocked. Mileta Rajovic (Watford) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Emmanuel Dennis.
  • 70': Foul by Yáser Asprilla (Watford).
  • 70': Yann M'Vila (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 70': Goal! West Bromwich Albion 1, Watford 2. Brandon Thomas-Asante (West Bromwich Albion) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Grady Diangana with a through ball.
  • 71': Substitution, West Bromwich Albion. Jed Wallace replaces Tom Fellows.
  • 72': Corner, West Bromwich Albion. Conceded by Jamal Lewis.
  • 74': Substitution, Watford. Matheus Martins replaces Emmanuel Dennis.
  • 76': Hand ball by Grady Diangana (West Bromwich Albion).
  • 77': Corner, Watford. Conceded by Kyle Bartley.
  • 78': Attempt saved. Yáser Asprilla (Watford) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Matheus Martins.
  • 80': Attempt missed. Edo Kayembe (Watford) left footed shot from outside the box is too high.
  • 81': Hand ball by Semi Ajayi (West Bromwich Albion).
  • 83': Attempt saved. Matheus Martins (Watford) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
  • 84': Hand ball by Brandon Thomas-Asante (West Bromwich Albion).
  • 84': Substitution, West Bromwich Albion. Andreas Weimann replaces Mikey Johnston.
  • 85': Attempt saved. Ryan Andrews (Watford) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jamal Lewis with a cross.
  • 86': Substitution, Watford. Jake Livermore replaces Edo Kayembe.
  • 88': Foul by Matheus Martins (Watford).
  • 88': Yann M'Vila (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+1': Goal! West Bromwich Albion 2, Watford 2. Darnell Furlong (West Bromwich Albion) right footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Grady Diangana.
  • 90'+6': Corner, West Bromwich Albion. Conceded by Francisco Sierralta.
  • 90'+7': Second Half ends, West Bromwich Albion 2, Watford 2.
  • 0': Match ends, West Bromwich Albion 2, Watford 2.

Statistics

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13 Fouls 6
1 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0
2 Offsides 0
3 Corner Kicks 7
2 Saves 5
44 Possession 56
12 SHOTS 10
7 ON GOAL 4
0.6 On Target % 0.4
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
309 Accurate Passes 421
401 Passes 504
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.8
1 Accurate Crosses 5
14 Crosses 23
0.1 Cross % 0.2
61 Long Balls 56
18 Accurate Long Balls 23
0.3 Long Balls % 0.4
3 Blocked Shots 3
8 Effective Tackles 7
16 Tackles 10
0.5 Tackle % 0.7
14 Interceptions 5
19 Effective Clearances 24
19 Clearances 24

Game Information

Competition: English League Championship

Venue: The Hawthorns
Location: West Bromwich, England
Attendance: 24,173

EFL Championship Standings

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Sunderland 16 +14 32
2 Sheffield United 16 +12 32
3 Burnley 16 +13 30
4 Leeds United 15 +15 29
Full Standings

Line-Ups

WBA West Bromwich Albion (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
24 Alex Palmer (GK)
5 Kyle Bartley
6 Semi Ajayi
3 Conor Townsend
2 Darnell Furlong
19 John Swift
27 Alex Mowatt
35 Okay Yokuslu
21 Brandon Thomas-Asante
23 Michael Johnston
31 Tom Fellows
West Bromwich Albion Substitutes:
Yann M'vila, Joshua Griffiths, Nathaniel Chalobah, Jed Wallace, Andreas Weimann, Grady Diangana, Erik Pieters, Matt Phillips, Adam Reach.

WAT Watford (3-4-1-2)

No. Name
1 Daniel Bachmann (GK)
3 Francisco Sierralta
4 Wesley Hoedt
5 Ryan Porteous
24 Tom Dele-Bashiru
39 Edo Kayembe
11 Ismaël Koné
6 Jamal Lewis
45 Ryan Andrews
25 Emmanuel Dennis Yellow Card
19 Bayo Youssouf
Watford Substitutes:
Matthew Pollock, James Morris, Tom Ince, Mileta Rajovic, Yáser Asprilla, Ben Hamer, Jake Livermore, Zavier Massiah-Edwards, Matheus Martins.

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